Ralph Newton Gleason

Background

Gleason, Ralph Newton was born on January 5, 1922 in Townville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Arthur Bryan and Clara Belle (McAdams) Gleason.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Clemson College, 1942; certificate, International Corresponding Schools, 1957; certificate, United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, 1957; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1963; certified, Graduate Realtors Institute, 1992.

Career

Statistical adviser to, South Korean interim government, 1947-1948; food and economics adviser, ECA, Seoul, Korea, 1949-1950; chief food and fertilizer division, Sino-American Joint Commission Rural Reconstrn., Taipei, Taiwan, 1950-1956; agricultural programs officer Near East South Asia, Foreign Operations Administration, Washington, 1957-1958; deputy chief agriculturist, Technology Cooperation Mission to India, New Delhi, 1958-1962; chief food and agriculture division, Economics Mission to Turkey, 1963-1968; deputy director, Agriculture and Rural Development Service Office War on Hunger, Washington, 1968-1970; deputy associate director food and agriculture, Agency for International Development, South Vietnam, 1970-1975; economics development consultant, 1975-1996; general manager, Gleason Properties, Anderson, 1989-1996; with, Vance Wells Realty, 1993-1996.

Achievements

• Ralph Newton Gleason has been listed as a noteworthy economic development consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member delegations United Nations Food and Agriculture Agency Conferences. Board directors, treasurer Taipei American School, 1950-1956. Board directors Ponderosa Parks-Lake Hartwell, 1974-1993.

Served to major Army of the United States, 1942-1947, European Theatre of Operations, Korea. Member American Foreign Service Association, Blue Ridge Rural Electric Co-op, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta. Lodges: Mason.

Connections

Married Marjorie Nelle Little, April 4, 1942. Children: Ralph Newton Junior, Delno Rex, Charles Stanley, Edward Dean, Cindy Annual.

Father:

Arthur Bryan Gleason

Mother:

Clara Belle (McAdams) Gleason

Spouse:

Marjorie Nelle Little

child:

Edward Dean Gleason

child:

Cindy Annual Gleason

child:

Ralph Newton Junior Gleason

child:

Delno Rex Gleason

child:

Charles Stanley Gleason